The Bronx

The Ten Best Shows in St. Louis This Weekend: April 5 to 7

Sometimes, it's good to unplug the headphones and take a break from music for a minute simply to absorb the sounds from immediate surroundings. Take the Riverfront Times office soundtrack lately, for instance. Above my head, some intense industrial power sanding or something rattles the mug of tepid ... More >>

North St. Louis Carjacking Turned Fatal Last Night

Cops are still trying to piece together what happened last night after two stolen vehicles crashed, leaving one of the drivers dead. At 12:27 am Monday, St. Louis County police received a call from a woman reporting a carjacking, according to department spokesman Randy Vaughn. She'd parked her 2010 ... More >>

The Six Best Diss Tracks

This month, you won't be able to watch an episode of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" without seeing a half-dozen attack ads. The music world doesn't have attack ads, it has diss tracks. In honor of the onslaught of negativity in our political process, here are the six best diss tracks of all time. Let us ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Best Of Edition

Schooled: On the short list of the best theater productions of 2012, No Child... pulls ahead

Left Behind

Missouri Gets a C in Science Education -- And It's One of the Better Students

​The Thomas B. Fordham Institute for Advancing Educational Excellence just released its comprehensive State of State Science Standards 2012 report, which grades each state on how it teaches science to students, and Missouri ranked in the top twenty. Sadly that's no better than a C grade, as the Fo ... More >>

Ex-Felon Caught With Bullet-Proof Vest Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

​Legal refresher: Law-abiding citizens are welcome to wear bullet-proof vests! Ex-felons, however, are not. (The 2002 federal law in question was challenged but upheld a year ago by  the Supreme Court). Which is all unfortunate for Dontae Reid, a 27-year-old from Belleville, Illinois. He was ... More >>

Lost Boys: New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

Pit Bull Dragged Behind Car, Tied to Pole and Burned Alive

The dog was discovered near Marble Hill, two hours south of St. Louis.​Authorities in southeastern Missouri are investigating a wanton case of animal abuse.On Saturday the sheriff's department in Bollinger County was made aware of the smoldering remains of a canine tied to to a pole outside the to ... More >>

Bar Is Hell: OnSite Theatre's production of Savage in Limbo will drive you to drink

Kool Keith

9 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Kid Congo Powers

8 p.m. Sunday, February 13. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

SLU Students Being Cheated Out of Apartment Deposits, Says BBB

universityheightslofts.com​Kids these days. What's wrong with them? They're always walking around, dying their hair blue, poking holes in their faces. Their underwear is always hanging out of those baggy trousers they insist on wearing. And then they have the nerve to actually try and get their ap ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican! Special Comida Edition

Five Hollywood Heist Movies That Resemble Yesterday's ATM Solutions Robbery In St. Louis

Image source​Several local news outlets have already donned their deerstalker hats and done their best Sherlock Holmes impressions by connecting the robbery of ATM Solutions Inc. in Midtown yesterday with two other similar burglaries of armored cars in 1999 and 1992.In the heist yesterday, four ma ... More >>

2010 MLB Draft: A Mock Draft You Can Set Your Watch To

It's Christmas in June! ​Finally, Draft Day is here, and I'm as giddy as a small child the day before Christmas, shaking all the packages and trying to figure out what might be in that really big one with my name on it. Unfortunately, no amount of shaking or clever examination of the boxes is goin ... More >>

The Dive Bomber Meets the Joker at Melrose Club

Enoch Lau​"You can sit by me. I don't bite. I've had all my teeth pulled. Declawed, lobotomized, circumcised -- I'm safe," said the cigar smoker perched at the end of the bar at Melrose Club. Despite the purported surgical procedures, he was full of jokes. "I went to that fundraiser for Jim L ... More >>

Meet the New Boy in Riverdale, "Missouri-Area" Home of Archie Comics

Image source​Meet Kevin Keller, the new kid in Riverdale, the "Missouri-area" town where Betty and Veronica have been battling it out for Archie for more than 50 years. He's blond. He's buff. He's super-cute, in a wholesome sort of way. He's also gay. Says the official press release: Kevin w ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11

Arctic Monkeys are at the Pageant on Sunday​Back and better than ever. Or something. Friday, April 9 *Pretty Lights/Savoy, The Pageant *Kevin Devine/Cody Alan/Race Human Race, Firebird (early) *JEFF the Brotherhood/Flaming Death Trap/Rooftop Vigilantes, Firebird (late) *Killola/Sick of Sarah/B ... More >>

The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx

7 p.m. Monday, April 12. Pop's, 401 Monsanto Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Watch a Little, Learn a Lot

Rod Jetton is Having a Rough Week: Former House Speaker Now Faces Federal Investigation

​Yesterday a circuit court judge set a preliminary hearing date for the assault charges facing Rod Jetton. The former Missouri Speaker of the House has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from an alleged sexual assault that occurred during rough sex with a Sikeston woman. (He claims his ... More >>

When the Truth Isn't Enough

Last Night: The Wire's Andre Royo Speaks at History Museum

R.I.P. Dave Ricketts and Bobby Murcer

R.I.P. Dave Ricketts and Bobby Murcer

Booyah!: Unassuming Onesto offers savory pizzas and entrées galore

Show Review: Warped Tour at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Tuesday, July 1

Warped Tour St. Louis: The Popular, the Local and the Weird

"You're the Greatest, Asshole!"

The Mexican explains a Mex-centric phenomenon.

C-Rayz Walz / DJ Crucial / Jia Davis

9 p.m. Friday, March 23. Off Broadway, (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Veruca Salt

7 p.m. Monday, September 25. Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois).

Starr-gazing

Get ready for the summer of Ruka Puff

Vacant Lots

The Cards are in the playoffs. So why are there so many empty seats?

There Goes the Eruv

You'll dig the delightfully unorthodox (yet totally Orthodox) food at Shmeers

You Little Rats!

A year in the alleys

Dub Bomb!, Baby

The influence of Jamaican remixes has spread far and wide since British punk rockers took to dub reggae in the 1970s

The Little Things Count

McGurk's never disappoints, because it gets the little things right

Honk If You Love Vonk

The maestro's tumultuous tenure with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra comes to a close

Hope Springs Eternal

José Rivera's Marisol asks profound questions, and the University Theater interprets it with grace and imagination

You Will Love It

Josie doesn't pussyfoot around: You're being brainwashed by pop

Color Bind

Two new plays explore race relations

Gunn-Play

St. Louis native Russell Gunn returns home for a much-anticipated gig at Bistro Europa

Best Underground (Literally) Restaurant

Rossino's

Big L

The Big Picture (Rawkus/Flamboyant)

Force Behind the Throne

A St. Louis barber-chair maker weathered the Depression, succumbed to Japanese competitors and adapted to changing fashion

DON'T BOTHER MR. WILSON

Noted installation artist Fred Wilson rearranges history, to our benefit

Club Rules

News of the Weird